A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Acacia Bay in New Zealand. Exact location of event, depth 107.952 km, 175.8807° East, -38.7099° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:42:10 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/25 / 2025-07-08 12:42:10 / July 8, 2025 @ 12:42 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 107.952 km (67 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qbbi. Unique identifier: us7000qbbi.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rotorua, Tokoroa, Taupo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, New Zealand (c. 4 252 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Rotorua (c. 65 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Taupo (c. 22 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tokoroa (c. 14 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km W of Acacia Bay, New Zealand.

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